Noun

The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

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(physics) A force that tends to oppose motion.

(physics) Shortened form of electrical resistance.

An underground organization engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation.

Noun

(en noun)

(uncountable) Armed resistance to an established government or ruler.

The government is doing its best to stop rebellion in the country.

(countable) Defiance]] of authority or control; the act of [[rebel, rebelling.

Having a tattoo was Mathilda's personal rebellion against her parents.

(countable) An organized, forceful subversion of the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government.

The army general led a successful rebellion and became president of the country.